I can’t believe it’s been FIVE YEARS since college graduation! That blows my mind. After almost a year (seriously, it took THAT long) of coordinating schedules, booking flights and planning carpools, 13 of us college friends all came back together in the place where it all started: Syracuse! We had a great weekend catching up, playing games, walking around campus and of course, eating too much good food at all the classic spots (aka: Funkin’ Waffles, Dinosaur BBQ and Tully’s 🙂 ) The weather was questionable for most of the weekend (lots of rain!), but we did have a minute to swim and play Kan Jam at Green Lakes. We also hit up Marshall Street for Cafe Kubal and to replenish our Orange attire collections, like good Cuse alums should.

There were a lot of favorite parts of this weekend for me, but 2 things particularly stand out. Worshiping and praying together on Sunday morning in Hendrick’s chapel was one. Of course, praying for each other from afar is always possible, but being all together in the same space and feeling God’s presence is something we haven’t been able to do for 5 years (and it’s something we DID do for four consecutive years). So that was great and really encouraging for me. The second thing that I will always remember is meeting and spending time with baby Judah, Amanda and Rob’s sweet little smoosh. So cuuuute!

Being together was so fun and I tried to soak it up, but the whole weekend also had a hint of bittersweetness for me, because I knew we’d have to leave eventually. We’re spread out all over the country, and judging by the fact it took well over a year to plan this reunion, I imagine it will take another 5 years for us to all be in the same spot again! We do have a decent sized New England crew, but Texas, Ohio, Seattle and Philly are all so far away 🙁 I think we need some weddings soon, k guys? 😉 😉